New Forecast Says Great Lakes May Continue Record Setting Levels in 2020 By Pat Moody | Posted October 12, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Weary waterfront property owners along Lake Michigan and both the St. Joseph and Paw Paw Rivers likely watched the...
SWM Chamber Launches Search for New President By Pat Moody | Posted October 10, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Reassuring its broad-based membership that "The lights are on and the wheels of business are still rolling," the Board...
Last Chance for Public Input on BH/SJ Harbor Revitalization Plan By Pat Moody | Posted October 9, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening As the inner harbor at the confluence of the St. Joseph and Paw Paw Rivers continues to grow with...
Michigan Retailers Bag August Sales Bounce By Pat Moody | Posted October 7, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening With sales charts starting to look more and more like a Rorschach ink blot test, Michigan retailers up and...
Manufacturers Work to Weld the Student Connection By Pat Moody | Posted October 4, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening If the right matches were made today in celebration of Manufacturing Day in Southwest Michigan, Lakeshore High School alone...
Cook Plant Refueling Delayed 24Hrs By Grid Emergency By Pat Moody | Posted October 2, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening An emergency situation on the regional power grid for American Electric Power has forced Cook Plant operators to postpone...
SW Michigan Chamber Opens 2020 Business Awards Nominations By Pat Moody | Posted October 1, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening When it comes to excellence in business, there are many companies across the region worthy of consideration for outstanding...
Phase Two of Road Side Drug Testing Begins Today By Pat Moody | Posted October 1, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Two years ago, Berrien County’s reputation for — and track record involving — impaired driving crashes and arrests earned...
YoBubbs Frozen Yogurt Expands Into Gourmet Popcorn By Pat Moody | Posted October 1, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening One of your favorite places to get frozen yogurt in the summer time will now be open extended weekends...
State Avoids Shutdown as Gov. Signs Budgets Using Line Item Vetoes By Pat Moody | Posted September 30, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening On the last possible day to get the job done without facing at least a partial government shutdown, Michigan...
Michigan Gears Up to Celebrate Everything Manufacturing By Pat Moody | Posted September 29, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Living in one of the most prolific manufacturing regions in the nation, with some 20-percent of the workforce engaged...
Work is Underway on the New Bronson South Haven Hospital By Pat Moody | Posted September 27, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening If you've driven by Bronson South Haven in recent days, you've seen the stark change with trees coming down,...
Benton Harbor Flats Project Gets Huge Boost from Michigan Strategic Fund By Pat Moody | Posted September 24, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Another major step was taken today in the renaissance of downtown Benton Harbor's Central Business District, thanks to the...
More Than 200 Drunk Drivers Caught in Drive Sober Dragnet By Pat Moody | Posted September 23, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening If you've ever wondered about the effectiveness of the occasional Driver Sober of Get Pulled Over enforcement periods staged...
Two-State Crime Spree Comes to an End For Armed Robber By Pat Moody | Posted September 19, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Chikaming Township Police made an announcement on Facebook this morning that has a lot of people in the region...
Marana Group Growth Fosters Sizable Expansion Project By Pat Moody | Posted September 19, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening A company born and raised in St. Joseph and now headquartered in Kalamazoo and South Bend is growing exponentially...
Whirlpool Finds Buyer for Manufacturing Plant in Naples, Italy By Pat Moody | Posted September 19, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Whirlpool Corporation has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week indicating that they have successfully identified...
South Haven Moving Forward With BL 196 Road Diet By Pat Moody | Posted September 18, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Seemingly nobody ever wants to go onto a diet, and that will include those who have never felt the...
Michigan Flavored Vape Product Ban is Now Emergency Law By Pat Moody | Posted September 18, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Retailers who market flavored nicotine vaping products and wondered aloud when Michigan's new ban on such products would take...
State Rep Paqutte Hosting Tele-Town Hall on Auto Insurance Wednesday By Pat Moody | Posted September 17, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening It's been one of the most hotly contested issues in the Great Lakes State for several years running, essentially...
SMC Advances All Four Internal Presidential Candidates to Interview Round By Pat Moody | Posted September 17, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Looks like all four internal candidates for the job of President of Southwestern Michigan College all made the first...
Going PRO Grant Cycle Opens, Targeting 545,000 Job Openings by 2026 By Pat Moody | Posted September 13, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening The state of Michigan knows that the need for talent has never been greater. They also want you to...
Four Internal Administrators Vie for SMC Presidency By Pat Moody | Posted September 12, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Three veteran educators and administrators have tossed their collective hats into the ring to become the next President of...
White House Sides With MI Governor’s Ban on Flavored Vaping By Pat Moody | Posted September 11, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Governor Gretchen Whitmer is no longer the lone wolf at the door for the flavored liquid market in the...
Four Winds South Bend to Add 23-Story Hotel By Pat Moody | Posted September 11, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Dramatic expansion of the Four Winds Casino in South Bend is on the drawing boards and about to come...
Meijer Joins Mega-Retailers in Asking “No Open Carry” of Guns By Pat Moody | Posted September 11, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening People in Southwest Michigan and anywhere else that Meijer operates can add that major retailer to the growing list...
Dowagiac’s Beeson Street Bar Shooter Faces 43 Years in Prison By Pat Moody | Posted September 10, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening The man who rained chaos outside of the Beeson Street Bar in Dowagiac last summer will spend at least...
Leaders Agree: Michigan Budget First…Road Fix Later By Pat Moody | Posted September 9, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening Whatever message Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer intended to lay on to the Republican-led Legislature at a scheduled morning press...
Marginal Growth Returns to West MI Industrial Economy By Pat Moody | Posted September 6, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening He cautioned in his report last month that "one month does not constitute a trend," and sure enough, it...
Walgreens, CVS and Others Join Campaign Against Open Carry By Pat Moody | Posted September 6, 2019 | Upon Further Review What's Happening If you read the tea leaves this week, you might find the beginnings of a national movement regarding the...